CHANGING INTO ME

"Changing Into Me" is a collection of songs which speaks to the transformation into adulthood -- that inflection point in our life's progress when we substantially embody the attitudes, philosophies, and viewpoints that will constitute how we ultimately come to be known, and remembered, as a person -- the particular person in this case is me.  I am most interested in universal themes of maturity -- love, success, integrity, loss, loyalty, commitment, improvement through experience.  I believe these songs explore, and ultimately reveal, my perspective on these issues, how I choose to experience and learn from them, and how they ultimately shape the way I look at my life.  I very much hope they will resonate with you in a meaningful way."

Click the song titles to read the lyrics. Click the MP3 links to download/ save to your disk:

1. Come Alive /// Download MP3 file
2. One Night Stand /// Download MP3 file
3. Ain't Coming Back
4. Simpleminded
5. I've Been Told
6. Has Anyone Seen My Baby?
7. Already Over
8. I'm Falling
9.  Don't Tell Me
10.  Anything Goes Today
11.  You Make Me Want You

1) Come Alive Download MP3 file (3:39) by Roger Smith (BMI):

(What you want?)
(What you want is love, forever)
 
Let me touch you like I used to
Let me touch you once more
Let me kiss you like I want to
In the hall, up the stairs, against the wall
In your eyes I see the future
In your smile a better world
Don't you worry 'bout tomorrow
What you need is love, what you want is love.
 
Well I know you think I'm insane
Well all the same, it suits me just fine
To you know your on my mind
And you're making me high
With your ruby lips, so warm in the cold night air
You're making me high
You're making me come alive
 
I wanna see you like I used to
Let me see you once more
Let me hold you through forever
Let me see you out the door
In your eyes I see the future
In your smile a better world
Don't you worry 'bout tomorrow
What you want is love, what you need is love...
 
Well I know you think I'm insane
Well all the same, it suits me just fine
To you know your on my mind
And you're making me high
With your ruby lips, so warm in the cold night air
You're making me high
You're making me come alive

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2) One Night Stand Download MP3 file (4:46) by Roger Smith (BMI):

It's not about right, it's not about wrong
It's not about who, it's not about what went on
Sometimes the night unfolds a certain way (a certain way)
Sometimes two people they get carried away
 
You're not my lover
You're not my friend
You're not my anything at all.
You're not my lover
You're not my friend
Baby, you're a one night stand
 
Do you listen to the road (calling)
Do you listen to the road (calling)
Do you listen to the road (wanna love me?)
Do you listen to the road (calling)
Do you listen to the road (calling)
Do you listen to the road (wanna love me?)
 
It's not about you, it's not about me
It's not about consequence, it's not about feelings
Sometimes the night unfolds a certain way
Don't feel compelled to have something to say...
 
You're not my lover
You're not my friend
You're not my anything at all.
You're not my lover
You're not my friend
Baby, you're a one night stand
 
Do you listen to the road (do you wanna love me)
Do you listen to the road (tell me how you're gonna love me?)
Do you listen to the road (wanna love me?)
Do you listen to the road (do you wanna love me)
Do you listen to the road (tell me how you're gonna love me?)
Do you listen to the road (wanna love me?)

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3) Ain't Coming Back (4:24) by Roger Smith (BMI):

People are fighting with their hands in the streets for more
And I don't think we're righting the wrongs we've seen before
And if your dreams are departing and you need a little, "Say what you will"
Oh the lie is inviting but the drug is sweeter still
 
You'll be unwilling to change when you see how deep in you are
You'll be unable to tell the hero from the superstar
 
Make you point, make a scene, know yourself, take the issue to heart
Take yourself more seriously than you do your car
Think, don't politic, make your call on the simple facts
Trust me when I tell you... you ain't coming back...
 
People are lying to the face in the mirror I'm sure
Too busy rationalizing the things they had in store
Well as your head is deciding the truth in the broadcast haze
Oh the unrest is igniting so bring on judgement day...
 
You'll be unwilling to change when you see how deep in you are
You'll be unable to tell the hero from the superstar
 
Make you point, make a scene, know yourself, take the issue to heart
Take yourself more seriously than you do your car
Think, don't politic, make your call on the simple facts
Trust me when I tell you... you ain't coming back...

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4) Simpleminded (3:55) by Roger Smith (BMI):

I don't go much for your philosophy
I don't go much for your pain
I can't go on in an endless search for answers
Life, she ain't coming by again..

So I guess I'm simpleminded
That's what they tell me
Cause I like flowers and trees
and saying what I mean
I like thinking you'll love me 'til I'm old
and everday in between
I'm simpleminded
or so it seems
and that's alright, alright by me
and that's alright, alright by me

I don't get caught in your tangled web anymore
I don't like living that way
I can't go on in an endless conversation
All I have for certain is today....today...

So I guess I'm simpleminded
That's what they tell me
Cause I like flowers and trees
and saying what I mean
I like thinking you'll love me 'til I'm old
and everday in between
I'm simpleminded
or so it seems
and that's alright, alright by me
and that's alright, alright by me

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5) I've Been Told (4:40) by Roger Smith (BMI):

oooooooo
AH
oooooooo
AH
 
Oh can't you see
That I'm losing me
Cause the life I lead
is slowly taking over...
oh it seems to me
that I'm fighting upstream
to keep my dreams intact
as I get older.
 
AHHH
 
Well I've been told
to stop dreaming but I won't
Well I've been told
to stop wonderin' about the things that eat my soul...but I won't
And if they told me to stop loving you... I'd say no
Cause I've been told to stop dreaming but I won't
Oh I won't.
 
Oh can't you see
all the possibilities
cause the way I see the world just makes me smile
I refuse to see
only the negativity
cause even the smallest things
can make me feel so high
OH NO

Well I've been told
to stop dreaming but I won't
Well I've been told
to stop wonderin' about the things that eat my soul...but I won't
And if they told me to stop loving you... I'd say no
Cause I've been told to stop dreaming but I won't
Oh I won't.
(x2)

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6) Has Anyone Seen My Baby? (5:18) by Roger Smith (BMI):

Has anyone seen my baby
And was she looking for me?
Has anyone seen my baby
I think she's left me...
 
Everyday is darker
and I drag my feet
Oh and heaven baby don't have the answers I need
We could be lovers the way the taste you so sweet
We could be anything..at all
So don't tease me
 
Has anyone seen my baby
And was she looking for me?
Has anyone seen my baby
I think she's left me...
Has anyone seen my baby
and if you did would you tell me?
Has anyone seen my baby
Cause I just can't breathe...
 
ohhhh
 
Every night is colder
and I just can't sleep
Oh the plans we were making
I guess talk is cheap
That's when forever
seemed within our reach
Oh we could be anything at all
So don't tease me...
 
Has anyone seen my baby
And was she looking for me?
Has anyone seen my baby
I think she's left me...
Has anyone seen my baby
and if you did would you tell me?
Has anyone seen my baby
Has anyone seen my baby
Has anyone seen my baby
Man I just can't breathe...

Has anyone seen my baby...
Cause I just can't breathe...

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7) Already Over (4:25) by Roger Smith (BMI):

Oh brother
Tell me why you just can't see
Into my situation
It's oh so hard for me
To make something of my life
 
Oh Brother
Tell me why you don't believe
in my revelations
They're oh so heavenly
But I've wasted all my time
 
Can you feel the moment man, it's heavy
Like a raindrop waiting to fall
And will you ever understand
 
That your...
Life is already over
Your life is merely what you see
The water's rising to your shoulders
Your life, your life
Is already over...
 
And another
reason why you don't believe
in my temptation
it's taken hold of me
but i've never felt so alive
 
Can you feel the moment man, it's heavy
Like a raindrop waiting to fall
And will you ever understand
 
That your...
Life is already over
Your life is merely what you see
The water's rising to your shoulders
Your life, your life
Is already over...

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8) I'm Falling (3:51) by Roger Smith (BMI):

I can be a fine boy when I need to be
I can be a still boy when something amuses me
I can be a brave boy when the coast is clear
I can be the tough guy when they've already been through here

And if you need me, you'd better think twice
And if you know me, you shouldn't be surprised

There you see, it's me, I'm falling
There you see, it's me, I'm falling
And there ain't no angel who's coming to rescue me
Oh Lord, I'm falling
Oh Lord, I'm falling
Falling...

I can be a clever one when there's company
I can be a charming boy when everyone's there to see
I can be the fine boy when the weather's nice
I can be the big man when there's nothign to sacrifice

If you want me, you'd better think twice
If you need me, I'd open my eyes

There you see, it's me, I'm falling
There you see, it's me, I'm falling
And there ain't no angel who's coming to rescue me
Oh Lord, I'm falling
Oh Lord, I'm falling
Falling...

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9) Don't Tell Me (3:47) by Roger Smith (BMI):

Don't tell me, I already know that you're leaving me
Don't tell me, I understand why how this came to be
 
It's in the way you move
It's in the way you walk away from me
It's in the way you come home late
It's in the way you don't say your sorry...
When you know you've done me wrong...
 
So Don't tell me
Don't tell me
Well I already know
Don't tell me
Don't tell me
Well I already know
 
(don't ya tell, don't ya tell, etc)
 
Don't tell me, I already know that you're leaving me
Don't tell me, I understand why this cannot be...
 
It's in the way you move
It's in the way you walk away from me
It's in the way you come home late
It's in the way you don't say your sorry...
When you know you've done me wrong...
 
So Don't tell me
Don't tell me
Well I already know
Don't tell me
Don't tell me
Well I already know

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10) Anything Goes Today (3:46) by Roger Smith (BMI):

(YA GOT!)
 
Everybody says you're okay
Well excuse me if I say
You sure don't look it
Well Everyone says you're top of your game
This whole world's gone insane
I just can't see it
 
Everybody gather 'round and listen...
I'm so tired of your talk, I'm so tired of your fiction
Everybody go an make your own decision
I'm so tired of your talk, and the lack of conviction
 
YA GOT
Anthing goes today
Get up off your knees and pray
(Ya got problems baby)
Anything goes today
It's less what you do and more what you say
(Ya got problems baby)
Anything goes today...
 
Everyone says you escaped
But you've been missing for days.
I just don't believe 'em
Everyone says you survived
But no one will look me in the eye..when they say it..
 
Everybody gather 'round and listen...
I'm so tired of your talk, I'm so tired of this fiction
Everybody...it's simple intuition
I'm so tired of your talk, and the lack of conviction
 
YA GOT
Anthing goes today
Get up off your knees and pray
(Ya got problems baby)
Anything goes today
It's less what you do and more what you say
(Ya got problems baby)
Anything goes today...

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11) You Make Me Want You (4:19) by Roger Smith (BMI):

It's more your kiss
than anythign
that makes me feel that everything is gonna be
right as rain

It's in your eyes and
the way you see
the world around around me
that makes me see
I'm not living my life

Everytime you cry I hurt inside
It's so hard for me to set aside
My feelings for you...

Oh, You make me want you
You make me want you
Like I never wanted anyone before
Oh, You make me want you
You make me want you
Without you there's no living anymore
You make me want you
You make me want you

It's in your sigh
that you tell me
your concern for me
is always and truly
worth any fight

It's in your strength
for the little things
that makes me see
than anything
is possible and more..

Everytime you cry I hurt inside
It's so hard for me to set aside
My feelings for you...

Oh, You make me want you
You make me want you
Like I never wanted anyone before
Oh, You make me want you
You make me want you
Without you there's no living anymore
You make me want you
You make me want you

etc etc.

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